Albert (given name)

Albert
	Albert, Prince Consort, who popularized the name in the British Empire
Pronunciation	/ˈælbərt/; French: [albɛʁ]; German: [ˈalbɛɐ̯t]; Danish: [ˈælˀpɐt]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Germanic
Name day	November 15
Origin
Meaning	Noble and bright
Other names
Related names	Al (nickname), Abert, Bert (also short for Robert), Adalbert, Adelbert, Delbert, Adbert, Elbert, Alberto, Albrecht, Alprecht, Alpert

Albert is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Germanic Adalbert and Adelbert, containing the words adal ("noble") and beraht ("bright", compare Robert). It is also less commonly in use as a surname.^[1] Feminine forms of the names "Alberta" are declining in use.

Translations[]

Albanian: Albert
Arabic: ألبرت (Albirt), ألبير (Albīr)
Armenian: Ալբերտ (Albert)
Azerbaijani: Albert
Bengali: আলবার্ট ( Albart), (Ālabārṭa)
Breton: Alberzh
Catalan: Albert
Simplified Chinese: 阿尔伯特（Āěrbótè）
Circassian: Альберт (Albert)
Croatian: Albert
Czech: Albert, Vojtěch
Dutch: Albert, Aalbert, Alberta
Estonian: Albert
Finnish: Albert, Alpertti
French: Albert, pronounced [albeʁ]
Galician: Alberte, Alberto and Albertos
Georgian: ალბერტი (Alberti)
German: Albert, Albrecht
Greek: Αλβέρτος (Alvértos)
Gujarati: આલ્બર્ટ ( Ālbarṭa)
Hebrew: אלברט (Albert)
Hindi: अल्बर्ट ( Albarṭa)
Icelandic: Albert
Irish: Ailbe, Ailbhe
Italian: Alberto
Japanese: アルバート ( Albārt) (short sound)
Kannada: ಆಲ್ಬರ್ಟ್ ( Ālbarṭ)
Khmer: អាល់ប៊ើត (Albeut)
Korean: 알버트 (Albeoteu)
Latin: Albertus
Latvian: Alberts
Lithuanian: Albertas
Mongolian: Альберт (Alibyert)
Nepali: अल्बर्ट (Albarṭa)
Norwegian: Albert
Old English: Æthelberht
Persian: آلبرت
Polish: Albert, Olbracht
Portuguese: Alberto
Punjabi: ਐਲਬਰਟ ( Ailabaraṭa)
Russian: Альберт, romanized: Al'bert
Serbian: Алберт/Albert
Slovak: Albert
Slovene: Albert
Spanish: Alberto
Swedish: Albert
Tamil: ஆல்பர்ட் ( Ālparṭ)
Thai: อัลเบิร์ต ( Xạlbeir̒)
Turkish: Albert
Tatar: Альберт (Albert)
Ukrainian: Альберт, romanized: Al'bert
Urdu: البرٹ
Yiddish: אַלבערט

People named Albert[]

Royalty[]

Albert of Austria (disambiguation)
St. Albert (disambiguation)
Prince Albert (disambiguation)
King Albert (disambiguation)
Albert of Aix (c. 1100), historian of the first crusade
Albert I of Brandenburg (c. 1100–1170) Margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to 1170 and duke of Saxony from 1138 to 1142
Albert of Riga (c. 1165–1229), third Bishop of Riga in Livonia, founder of the city of Riga, one of the principal commanders of Livonian Crusade
Albert III, Count of Habsburg
Albert IV, Count of Habsburg
Albert of Saxony, King of Saxony, one of the principal commanders of Austro-Prussian War, Battle of Gitschin, Battle of Königgrätz, Battle of Sedan and Siege of Paris (1870–71)
Albert of Brunswick and Lunenburg-Wolfenbüttel (died 1395), as Albert II Prince-Archbishop of Bremen
Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1240–1314), the son of Henry III, Margrave of Meißen and Constantia of Austria
Albert of Sweden (1338–1412), king of Sweden
Albert, Duke of Saxony (1443–1500), the younger son of Frederick II the Gentle
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (1559-1621), ruling Archduke of Austria, one of the principal commanders of Dutch Revolt
Albert of Mainz (1490–1545), Elector and Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545 and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545
Albert I, Duke of Prussia (1490–1568), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order before converting to Lutheranism and becoming the first duke of Ducal Prussia
Albert Alcibiades (1522–1557), Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Albert, Prince Consort (1819–1861), Consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Albert, 4th duc de Broglie (1821–1901), French monarchist politician
Albert, King of Saxony (1828–1873)
Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848–1922), the reigning Prince of Monaco from September 10, 1889, to June 26, 1922
Albert I of Belgium (1875–1934), the third King of the Belgians
Albert II of Belgium (1934–), the 6th King of the Belgians
Albert II, Prince of Monaco (1958–), the head of the House of Grimaldi and the current ruler of the Principality of Monaco
Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1641-1695)
Albert I, Duke of Saxony (1175-1260), one of the principal commanders of Livonian Crusade
Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Sievershausen
Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
Charles Albert of Sardinia, King of Sardinia, one of the principal commanders of First Italian War of Independence
Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Custoza (1866) and Austro-Prussian War
Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Governor of the Austrian Netherlands, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Jemappes
Albert the Bear, first margrave of Brandenburg, one of the principal commanders of Second Crusade

Others[]

Albert Abreu (born 1995), Dominican Republic professional baseball player
Albert "Bert" Addinall (1925-2001), English professional footballer
Albert Adomakoh (1922-2016), Ghanaian economist, Governor of Bank of Ghana from 1965-1968
Albert Anae (born 1989), New Zealand-Australian Rugby League player
Albert "Al" Anderson (born 1950), American songwriter and guitarist
Albert H. Angstman (1888–1964), Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
Albert Axelrod (1921–2004), American foil fencer
Albert Ayler (1936–1970), American jazz saxophonist
Albert Bandura, psychologist
Albert Bogen (Albert Bógathy; 1882–1961), Austrian Olympic silver medalist saber fencer
Albert Botran (born 1984), Catalan politician
Albert Brooks (born 1947), American actor, comedian, writer, and director
Albert E. Brown, officer in the US Army with rank of Major General, a principal Commander of the Aleutian Islands Campaign
Albert Ralph Campbell, American Medal of Honor recipient
Albert Camus (1913–1960), French philosopher and novelist
Albert Cheesebrough (1935–2020), English footballer
Albert Collins, American blues singer-guitarist
Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella (1790-1873), officer in the army of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, politician, and Prime Minister of Belgium
Albert L. De Alwis Seneviratne, Representative of the Sinhala on the Legislative Council of Ceylon
Albert Delpy (born 1941), French actor and writer
Albert DeSalvo (1931–1973), American serial killer
Albert Dürer, German painter and theorist of the German Renaissance, regarded as one of the greatest painters of the Renaissance era
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born theoretical physicist, scientist, and philosopher who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time
Albert Falco (1927–2012), French scuba diving pioneer
Albert Finney, (1936–2019), English actor
Albert Fish (1870–1936), American serial killer, child rapist, and cannibal also known as the "Gray Man", the "Werewolf of Wysteria", the "Brooklyn Vampire", the "Moon Maniac", and "The Boogeyman"
Albert Forster (1902–1952), Nazi German politician and war criminal, Gauleiter of Danzig-West Prussia during the Second World War
Albert J. Galen (1876–1936), Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
Albert "Al" Gore (born 1948), 45th Vice President of the United States
Albert Gore Sr. (1907-1998), American politician
Albert "Al" Green (born 1946), American R&B musician
Albert Grossman (1926-1986), American music manager
Albert "Bert" Haanstra (1916-1997), Dutch film director
Albert Hammond Jr. (born 1980), American musician
Albert Hardie Jr. (born 1987), American professional wrestler
Albert Hemmo (born 1934), Egyptian-born Israeli basketball player
Albert O. Hirschman, German economist
Albert Hofmann (1906–2008), Swiss chemist and scientist, first known person to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
Albert Huggins (born 1997), American football player
Albert Johnson, birth name of rapper Prodigy (rapper) of Mobb Deep
Albert Mussey Johnson (1872–1948), eccentric multimillionaire and builder of Scotty's Castle
Albert W. Johnson, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Albert "Bert" Kesselring (1885-1960), German Generalfeldmarschall of the Luftwaffe during World War II who became one of Nazi Germany's most skillful commanders, one of the principal commanders of Western Front, Battle of Britain, Kanalkampf, Adlertag, Battle of Britain Day, The Hardest Day, Battle of France, Operation Achse, Western Allied invasion of Germany, Italian campaign (World War II) and The Blitz
Albert "Bertie" King (1912-1981), Jamaican jazz and mento musician
Albert King (1923-1992, blues singer-guitarist
Albert Kivikas (1898–1978), Estonian writer and journalist
Albert Kusnets (1902–1942), Estonian wrestler
Albert Luthuli (1898-1967), South African teacher, politician, and anti-apartheid activist
Albert Lefevre (1873-1928), American psychologist
Albert Lehman, American Olympic medalist lacrosse player
Albert Lewin (1894-1968), American director, producer, and screenwriter
Albert L'Ouvrier (1815–1895), French socialist statesman of the French Second Republic
Albert Margai (born 1987), English basketball player
Albert Marshall (born 1947), Maltese-Australian author
Albert Martinez (born 1963), Filipino actor
Albert Maysles (1926–2015), American documentarian, part of a duo
Albert Thongchai McIntyre (born 1958), Thai singer
Albert Millet (1929–2007), French serial killer
Albert "Bert" Newton (born 1938), Australian entertainer
Albert Norak (1928–2015), Estonian Communist politician
Albert Odulele (born 1964), Nigerian-British pastor, author, and evangelist
Albert Okwuegbunam (born 1998), American football player
Albert van Ouwater (c.1415–1475), Dutch painter
Albert Peries (1905-1967), Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 1951-1956
Albert Pujols (born 1980), professional baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Albert Robertson, Canadian politician from Alberta and the first Leader of the Opposition in the province's history
Albert "Al" Rosen (1924–2015), American All Star and MVP baseball player
Albert Rosenfeld (1885–1970), Australian rugby league player
Albert Sabin (1906–1993), Polish-American medical researcher who developed an oral polio vaccine; President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
Albert Sauer (1898–1945), German Nazi SS officer and concentration camp commandant of Mauthausen-Gusen and Kaiserwald concentration camps
Albert Scanlon (born 1980), English footballer
Albert E. Schwab (1920–1945), American Marine, awarded Medal of Honor
Albert Schwartz (1908–1986), American swimmer
Albert Sharpe (1885-1970), Irish actor
Albert Speer (1905–1981), Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich
Albert D. Sturtevant (1894–1918), officer in the US Navy during World War I
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), German/French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary
Albert Taar (born 1990), Estonian footballer
Albert Uderzo (1927–2020), French comic book artist
Albert Üksip (1886–1966), Estonian botanist
Albert Vallci (born 1995), Austrian footballer
Albert Vanloo (1846–1920), Belgian librettist and playwright
Albert Van Coile (1900–1927), Belgian footballer
Albert Vanhoye (1923–2021), French priest, Jesuit biblical scholar
Albert Vete (born 1993), Tonga rugby footballer
Albert Von Tilzer (1878–1956), American songwriter
Albert Warner (1884–1967), American cartoonist and one of the founders of Warner Bros.
Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1896-1989), US Army commander who served in Asia during World War II, a principal commander of Operation Beleaguer
Albert Buckman Wharton Jr. (a.k.a. Buster Wharton) (1909–1963), American rancher and polo player
Albert Lawrence Williams Jr. (born 1934), known as A. L. Williams, retired football coach
Albert "Al" Witcher (born 1936), American football player
Albert Wolff (sculptor) (1814-1892), German sculptor and medallist
Albert Wolff (fencer) (1906–1989), French-born American Olympic fencer
Albert "Bertie" Wright (1871-1960), English of the silent era
Albert Zerkowitz (1905–1964) entomologist
Albert Zwaveling (born 1927), Dutch surgeon

Fictional characters[]

Albert, supporting character in Josie (later Josie and the Pussycats)
Albert Arkwright, a character in British sitcom Open All Hours
Albert Chapman, character of the video game Killer7
Albert Heinrich, a.k.a. Cyborg 004, a character in the manga series Cyborg 009
"Fat" Albert Jackson, lead character in the animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Albert Johnson, character in the video game Medievil 2
Albert Manning, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
Albert Markovski, an environmentalist character in I Heart Huckabees
Albert James Moriarty, a main character of the manga Moriarty the Patriot
Albert Runcorn, a Ministry of Magic investigator in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Albert Steptoe, one of the lead characters in British sitcom Steptoe and Son
Albert Tatlock, a character in British soap opera Coronation Street
Albert Trotter, a character in British sitcom Only Fools and Horses
Albert Wesker, a villain and high ranking commander of Umbrella Corps in the "Resident Evil" franchise
Albert W. Wily, a villain in the video game series Mega Man

References[]

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